Ruth grew up in Worcestershire and settled back in the county after studying English Literature and Creative Writing at Huddersfield University.  

She built her commercial career at a local cyber security software company - Titania , where she worked for 9 years, and became VP of Operations. 

In 2011 she became a founding member of the Worcestershire Literary Festival, where she's been a Director since 2016. 

After making the move to the charity sector, she now coordinates operations at Worcester Foodbank and is a Trustee and finance committee member for a local Academy Trust of 5 primary schools.

https://m.facebook.com/worcslitfest/

https://m.facebook.com/WorcesterFoodbank/

https://worcester.foodbank.org.uk/

https://worcestershirelitfestfringe.wordpress.com/